that all these guys fit into one if the arts so that I don't have to make scrapbook pages for each of them to match the theme of this little corner of mine (well, hmmm...). Well, this time I'm listing my selection of ten VOICES which I listen to when I'm crafting. You probably know them, but if you haven't heard one or two of them, find them and listen to them, and then tell us who your favourite is.

Takole smo dočakale naše gostje - z napisom in "darilnimi vrečkami", na katerih je bila priponka z imenom, notri pa... krožnik, kozarec, vilica in žlica, vse opremljeno z imeni./ This is how we welcomed our guests - with a poster and "gift bags" with name tags, and in the bags, they found... a plate, a plastic cup, a fork and a spoon, all tagged.

Kotiček naše gostje in prvi del njene risbe - Otok zakladov in dve zagnani ustvarjalki. Škatlica je v sebi skrivala kos nakita, v darilu pa je bil še Lidočkin klekljan izdelek in zahvala./ Our guest's corner and the first part of her drawing - the Treasure Island and two enthusiastic crafters. There was a piece of jewelry hidden in the box and the present included a lace made by Lidočka and a thank you card.

On Saturday, 18th April, our Treasure Island sailed to Velenje, to the three-leaf clover. Kaja, Lidočka and I prepared something for everyone, there were swaps, workshops, a hidden guest, presents, exchanges of presents and techniques, and hanging out together. Judging from impressions and comments, the Velenje meeting was another one in a long line of successful meetings, which makes us - the hosts - very happy and we wish to thank all of you who made it happen.

Vseh fotk še ni, nekaj pa jih le lahko pokažem./ Not all photos are available yet, but I can show you at least some of them.

Tole sem pripravila za swap lončkov/stojal za pisala: lonček s štirimi sedečimi Tildkami za štiri letne čase. Letnim časom sem prilagodila sličice deklic, ozadja, srebrne nalepkice za zgornjem in gumbke na spodnjem robu. Ker ob vseh pripravah za srečanje preprosto nisem imela časa še za embalažo v istem stilu, sem priložila eno majhno vijolično škatlico.Več o swapih naslednjič./ This is what I made for the pencil holder swap: a holder with four sitting Tildas for four seasons of the year. For each season, I chose one Tilda motive and combined woth the backgrounds, silver stickers on the top border and buttons on the bottom borders. Since I was quite busy with all the preparations for the meeting, I simply didn't have enough time to make a matching box, so I added a small purple box.More on swaps in the next post.

Še delavnice naj omenim. Srečanje sta začeli dve nakitkarsko-kvačkarski. Pri Nanci so se punce učile kvačkati verižice z žico in perlicami, pri Atenki pa smo se trudile, da bi majhne perlice prepričale, da bi se postavile v vrste./ And there were workshops too. The two at the beginning of the meeting were a combination of beading and crocheting. Nanca taught the girls to make necklaces by crocheting the wire and using various beads, and Atenka showed us how to persuade seed beads to stand in lines.

Toliko za danes. Moram povedati še o swapih, pa mačku v žaklju, pa čudovitih darilih, ki smo jih organizatorke prejele, pa še in še. Samo še eno sliko pokažem - z eno pomanjkljivostjo: na njej bi se moralo videti skoraj petdeset "kokošk v fensi majcah za ustvarjanje", pa se nam je zgodilo, da je srečanje minilo brez skupinske fotke. Nič hudega, to samo pomeni, da je bilo vsega drugega toliko, kar pa je tudi nekaj, kajne?/ That would be all for today. I'm going to have to tell you more about swaps, about "cat in the sack", about all the wonderful presents we got, and more and more. There's only one more photo for today - but it's not perfect - there should be almost fifty "little hens in fancy crafting T-shirts" in it, but somehow it happened that the entire meeting went by and we didn't take any group photos. Well, no problem, this only means we had plenty to do, which is also good, right?

...flowers gone - you probably heard the tune. But it's not the flowers I'm talking about, it's the cards. Those plastic ones, ranging from health insurance cards, membership cards and club cards, mostly those we don't need everyday and we usually search for in drawers, bags, pockets.

Well, ours have gone in here:

Taking the size of the dentist's cards, which are slightly larger than classical plastic cards, I made a small accordion box that is closed with a small piece of velcro. I tried to make the monochromatic violet surface a bit more lively with my flowers made of ribbons.

who is celebrating her birthday today, I found (beside the present she will choose for herself in our today's family afternoon) some great, funky animals to colour at Bang On the Door. I printed some of them, cut them to a square shape 19 by 19 cm and made a simple envelope - I took two slightly larger squares and "glued" them together on three sides with round stickers (well, "glued" is a bit too "strong" - I had to help them with glue - pha, some stickers!), and at the top, I made a topper with a red paper circle where I put one smaller version of the kitty.And the fact that she'll get to colour them with my Tria markers is literally the cherry on top.